A statement from the attorney of eight families affected by the tragedy said those parents had “agreed to forgo a portion of their recovery to increase the overall value of The

It’s a final laugh for The Onion, which has regularly spoofed Jones over his spreading of conspiracies on Infowars, including his false claims about Sandy Hook that pushed the parents of slain children to successfully sue him for $1.5 billion in Connecticut.

“We were told this outcome would be nearly impossible, but we are no strangers to impossible fights.” The sale of Infowars, which the Sandy Hook families and the Onion achieved at a closed auction Wednesday, was confirmed by a federal bankruptcy ...